Chair.



W'. P. LOEBLEIN.

CHAIR. 1 APPLICATION FILED AUGA, 1914 1239,2733. Patented Sept. 4-, 1917.

2 SHEETSSHEET I.

W. P. LOEBLEIN.

CHAIR.

APPLICATION FILED AUG-411914.

' 1 39,279. Pafented Sept. 4, 1917.-

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM P. LOEBLEIN, OF LAKEWOOD, OHIO, ASSIGNOR T0 LOEBLEIN & DEITZEL, A COPARTNERSHIP CONSIS'IING OF WILLIAM P. LOEBLEIN, OF LAKEWOOD, OHIO, AND

CHARLES E. DEITZEL, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

CHAIR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

\ Patented Sept. 4, 1917.

Application filed August 4, 1914. Serial No. 854,936.

To all whom it may concern."

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM P. LOEBLEIN, a citizen of the United States, resident of Lakewood, county of Cuyahoga, and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Chairs, of which the following is a specification, the principle of the invention being herein explained and the best mode in which I have contemplated applying that principle, so as to distinguish it from other inventions.

My invention relates to chairs and par ticularly to chairs comprising in their structure a main or body portion with a basemember originally constructed of parts separate from said main or bodyportion, but afterward secured thereto.

The object of my invention is to provide a chair of the above-described character which may be economically manufactured and in which the main or body portion and the base are united in a manner such as will resist inadvertent detachment or breaking-off of the said base to the greatest possible degree consistent with economy of construction.

My said invention consists of means hereinafter fully described and particularly set forth in the claims.

The annexed drawings and the following description set forth in detail certain means embodying my invention, the disclosed means, however, constituting but one of various mechanical forms in which the principle of my invention may be applied.

In said annexed drawings Figure 1 represents in perspective a chair embodying my invention. 7

Fig. 2 represents a vertical transverse section of the lower portion of said chair, with a fragmentary part of the upper portion thereof shown in side elevation.

Fig. 3 represents a front elevation of a fragmentary portion of the chair, showing the upholstery removed to disclose the parts beneath same.

Fig. 4 represents a vertical section of a fragmentary portion of the chair taken upon the plane indicated by line IV-IV in Fig. 2 and viewed in the direction indicated by the arrows.

Fig. 5 represents in perspective one of the base-members detached.

Fig. 6 represents in perspective a modified form of chair embodying my invention.

Fig. 7 represents in perspective one of the base-members detached, of such modified form of chair.

The illustrated embodiment of my invention comprises the main or body portion 1, consisting of the substantially rectangular wooden main-frame 2, comprising front, rear and side frame bars. and the upholstery 3; and the base consisting of the two seatsupporting structures 4-, 4. Each seat-supporting structure consists of a wooden primary base-member 5, which in the structure shown in Figs. 1 to 5 inclusive is curved to form a rocker, and a secondary basemember 6 consisting of a straight bar of wood greater in width than the member 5, as shown in Fig. 3. Member 6 extends lengthwise of and is glued at its ends to the topof member 5 and is additionally secured by means of dowel-pins 7, shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2, and extends inwardly from said member 5, as shown in said Fig. 3.

These seat-supporting structures 4, 4:, are each secured to the bottom of the side-mem bers of the main-frame 2, means of bolts 8, 8, Figs. 2 and 4, passing through the intermediate portionsof said side-members and members 6, the holes for receiving said I bolts being conveniently placed opposite the cut-out portion 9 of the primary or rocker base-member as shown.

The above-described structure differs from that heretofore adopted in this class of chairs, in that in previous structures the secondary members 6 of the base were en tirely omitted and each base-member was glued and doweled directly to the bottom of the mainframe. The width of the basemembers being necessarily limited and the contact surface secured to the said frame being likewise limited, a comparatively weak joint was formed. Said joint, while sufficient to properly hold the structure together during the normal use of the chair, was not sufficiently strong to prevent the frequent breaking thereof while being handled preparatory to and during shipment, and much loss has been experienced by reason thereof.

By my improved structure however I effect a number of important economies.

First by making the base-portion detachable the breaking off of same as above described is entirely eliminated.

Second, the detachability of said base-por- .legs are attached to the chairs.

tion allows the chairs to be stored or shipped more economically, since said portions may be packed separately.

Third, the width of the primary, or rocker base-members may be made less, since the joint made between it and the secondary base-member is not required to withstand any but the strains which it is subjected to in ordinary and normal usage, thus effecting a saving in lumber.

Fourth, the primary or rocker base-members need not be so deep for a given height of chair and hence less waste lumber results from its formation from the stock, the amount saved being equal substantially to the secondary base-members, these latter being made with practically no waste.

Any decrease in the strength of the joint formed by mere bolting as compared to doweling and gluing is compensated for by the increased width and hence contact surface of the secondary base-members, as will be readily understood.

The structure illustrated in Figs. 6 and 7 merely involves the substitution in the seatsupporting structures of legs 10, 10 for the rocker-members of the first-described form, substantially the same advantages being present therein as in the latter.

On the other hand, each rocker includes a rocker bar'connecting the front and rear legs, because the upstanding portions which are connected to the sill member 6 are the equivalents of the legs 10 in Figs. 6 and 7.

When the legs are not needed, as in transportation and storage, the nuts on the lower ends of the bolts 8 are removed, whereby the seat supporting structure, which includes the legs carried by the sill 6, can be removed, and a plurality of such seat supporting structures may be packed together in com pact form, and a plurality of chairs may be stored and handled in a much more convenient and satisfactory manner than when the After the sill 6 has been removed, of course the nuts are reapplied to the bolts so as to prevent loss of the bolts and at the same time to have the nuts handy when it is desired to replace the legs. By the provision of the space 9, shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, which space is bounded by the sill 6, the rocker bar and the legs connecting the rocker bar to the sill and disposing the bolts 8 between the legs, the nuts are accessible in the space 9. Each frame-bar 2 is disposed on edge, that is to say, with its greatest Width vertical, thereby to produce a light yet strong base frame. Each sill 6 is materially wider than the horizontal transverse dimension of each side bar 2, so that each end of the sill underlies and has a bearing on the side bar which is disposed at substantially right angles to the side bar to which the sill is secured by the fastenings 8, whereby the sill is effectually braced against tilting vertically on the side bar to which it is attached.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. An article of furniture having a base frame including side bars, threaded fastenings depending from a side bar, a sill underlying said side bar and pierced by the fastenings, said sill being wider than the hori zontal transverse dimension of the side bar and having its ends underlying and engaging the other side bars at the ends of the side bar to which the sill is connected, nuts on the ends of the fastenings and detaehably securing the sill to the side bar and accessible beneath said sill, and floor-engaging supporting means carried by the sills.

2. An article of furniture having a base frame including side bars, threaded fastenings depending from a side bar, a sill underlying said side bar and pierced by the fastenings, said sill being wider than the horizontal transverse dimension'of the side bar and the nuts being accessible incsaid space beneath said sill.

Signed by me, this 1st day of August,

WVILLIAM P. LOEBLEIN. Attested by H. H. JAENKE, CHAS. R. MILLER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Gommissioner of mam. Washington, D. 0. 

